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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MORGAN, OF OAKLEIGI-I, ISLE OF IVIGHT, ENGLAND.

SASH-CORD FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,361, dated May 14,1889. Application filed May 17,1888. Serial No. 274,173. (No model.)Patented in England January 9, 1888,1To. 334.

To all whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MORGAN, of

Oakleigh, Isle of Vight, England, a subject lowing is a specification.

My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in theconnection of sashcords to window-sashes, and in the arrangement, ashereinafter described, of the pocketpieces of window-frames, the objectsof my said improvements being to render unnecessary the removal of thesashes from windowframes when it is required to renew the sashcords, andto facilitate access to the weights of the upper sash.

According to my said improvements, I form a groove along the wholelength of each stile of each of the sashes, and I secure over portionsof the said grooves metal plates having eyes formed on or affixed tothem, which eyes lie in the said grooves, and I secure each of thesash-cords to the sashes by passing one end of a sufficient length ofthe cord through the said eyes and fastening a ferrule over the cord atthe part Which, when the weight is suspended as required, is just belowone of the said eyes. The upper portions of t-he said ferrules bearagainst the under sides of the lowermost of the eyes through which thecords pass, and thus prevent the said.

cords from becoming disengaged from the window-sashes. cured, theportions of the said cords which project from the lower ends of thegrooves in the stiles of the sashes are cut off flush with the underfaces of the bottom rails of the sashes.

I will further describe my invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the said drawings is an elevation of the inner side of awindow to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a section (taken onthe line A, Fig. l) of the frame of -a window, showing a face view ofone of the pulley-stiles, the sashes being omitted. Fig. 3 is an edgeview of the lower sash, showing When the cords are thus sethe aforesaidAplates secured over the said groove. Fig. 4 is a section of the saidsash, taken on the line B, Fig. 3, showing the said groove and the saidplates, and a portion of one of the sash-cords engaged in the eyes onthe said plates. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of one of thesash-stiles, showing the groove and one of the aforesaid plates andcords, the section being taken on the line C, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is asection taken on the line D, Fig. 2, showing a portion of one of thepulley-stiles and the form and arrangement therein of one of thepocket-pieces. Figs. 7 and 8 are two views of a portion of one of thesash-cords with a ferrule secured thereto, the said two views beingtaken at right angles to each other in order to clearly exhibit the formof the ferrule.

The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in allthe iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the said drawings, @is the window-frame. b c are thesashes. d d e care the sash-weights, and d CZ e e are the cords by whichthe said weights are connected to the sashes.

ff are the grooves in the stiles of the sashes.

g g 7L h are the plates secured to the stiles of the upper sash over thegrooves therein.

z' z jj are the plates secured to the stiles of the lower sash.

g g h h are the eyes on the plates g g h h, through which eyes the cordse e are passed, and t" t" j j are the eyes on the plates 't' z'jj,through which eyes the cords d d are passed. The position of the groovesin the stiles of the sashes and the form and arrangement of theaforesaid plates g h j and the position of the cords in the grooves willbe clearly understood. by reference to'Figs. 3, 4, and 5.

The ferrules hereinbefore referred to are secured to the cords byrivets, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, in which figures the ferrule ismarked lo, and the rivet which passes through the ferrule and throughthe cord is marked Z. From the foregoing description and the drawings itwill be seen that the cords are connected to the sashes, and the sashesare supported solely by the bearing of the upper parts of the aforesaidferrules against the under sides of the eyes on the plates h h j j,secured to the stiles of the sashes. It will be obvious, therefore, thatthese ferrules 7c constitute stops or shoulthe groove in one of thestiles thereof and IOO ders xed on the cords to prevent the latter frombeing drawn through the eyes in rear of the metal plates.

m m are the pocket-pieces or doors of the boxes in which thesasl1-weights work, which pocket-pieces are secured in place and jointedto the pulley-stile n of the window-frame by pins o o. The form andarrangement of these parts are clearly shown in Figs. 2 and G.

The following is a description of the method of effecting the renewal ofthe sash-cords oi a window provided with the means of connectionhereinbefore described: lf one or other of the cords of the lower sashbe broken and requires to be replaced, the said sash is raised, and theportion of the broken cord in the groove f is pulled out from the bottomend oil the said groove, and the weight is removed in the usual way, andthe end of the broken cord is detached therefrom. One end of alength ofnew cord is then passed up the said groove f, through the eyes t" of theplates j 1T, over the pulleys, into the box in which the weights work,and out of the opening in the pulleystile covered by the pocket-pieceand secured to the weight, which is then replaced in the said box. Thepocketpieee is then vclosed and the cord is drawn taut, and the weightis raised to the top of the boxA by pulling on the part ot the cordwhich projects from the lower end of the groove f in the sash. rlhe cordis then cut to about the required length and a knot is tied in it a fewinches from the end and it is released, the knot bearing against theunder side of the sash-stile and preventing the cord from heilig drawnthrough the groove f by the action of the weight. The terrule is then.passed over the end ot' the cord to the required position on the cord.and is secured by a rivet, as shown in Figs. and 8. The knot is thenuntied and the part of the cord on which the ferrule is fastened isreleased and passes into the groove f until the upper end of the ferrnlesecured to the said cord bears against the under side oi' the eyej onthe plate j, as seen in Fig. at. rlhe said cord is then out o'li flushwith the under side ot' the bottom rail of the sash.

It the cord to be replaced. be one ot' those connected to the uppersash, the lower sash is partly raised, and t-he weight of the said sashon the same side as the cord. to be renewed is drawn up to the Yfullextent by pulling outward the exposed part of the cord connected to thesaid lower sash, which is then pushed up as iar as possible, the cord sopulled outward being thereby jammed between the upper rail oi' the saidsash and the top of the window-framerlhe p0cketpiece fm on the saineside of the window is then opened, its lower end projecting below thelower sash and its upper end into the box of the windowframe below theweight of the said sash, so that if the cord connected thereto, andwhich was jammed between the top rail of the sash and the top of thewindow-frame, be now .re-

leased the said weight and the sash connected to it are both supported,the former resting on the upper part of the pocket-piece and the latteron the lower part thereof. Free access to the weight of the upper sashis thus permitted and the cord connected to the said weight, and thesaid sash may then be removed and replaced, as hereinbefore describedwith reference to the lower sash. Then this has been done, the lowersash and the weight thereof are liberated by pulling outward the exposedpart of the cord connected thereto and closing the pocket-piece m andthen releasing the said cord.

rlhe means of connection hereinbelore de scribed admits of the renewalof sash-cords in considerably less time than is required in cases wherethe ordinary means oi' connection are used, and also obviates the damagecaused to the window-frame by the removal of the beading, which isordinarilynecessary.

I do not broadly claim a window-sash having a groove in its edgeextending entirely from the top to the bottom thereof and provided witha forked cord-holder, below which the cord is knotted, so that the knotlies in a lateral recess in the sash, as in Letters Patent No. Bf/775.The knotting of the cord renders the lateral recess necessary, lin thatthe groove cannot, on account of weakening the sash-frame, be madesufficiently large to accommodate a knot tied in the cord and permitsuch knot to slide in the groove. Consequent-ly, the cord cannot berenewed without removing the sash from the window-frame, for the reasonthat the knot occupying the cavity cannot be drawn. through the lowerportion of the groove. My invention remedies this, in that I provide thecord with a metallic ferrule riveted to the cord and ot' such sizerelatively to the groove that the cord with the attached :Eerrulc can befreely drawn. down through the groove and out at the lower end thereof,thus permitting the cord to be renewed 'without removing the sash out ofthe frame. The riveting of the ferrule also avoids knotting the cord toform a stop.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature ot' myinvention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, what Iclaim isd The combination otl the wi ndow-sash having a groove extendingfrom end to end of its side rail, the plate secured across the grooveand having eyes located in the groove, and the window--cord providedwith a metallic ferrule, 7s, through which the cord passes, and to whichcord it is fastened by a transverse rivet, said ferrule being slidablewith the cord out through the open end of the groove at the lower end ofthe sash-rail, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY MORGAN. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM CHARLES Moses, Cuantas FRnnnRioi: Gnnoonv.

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